The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-13

God himself caunot make you happy without
making you holy.
Rev Cotton Mather labeled mis- bundles OF abu-
sive letters 'Libels--Father forgive them"
Study thyself; what rank, what degree.
Thy wise Creator has ordained for thee.
This will apply to two donations Of s., 600 each
from Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mr.. William
g. Low
In it's issue of March 2, the Religious Tele-
scope reports 2, $50 accessions to the United
Brethren Church.
And rank for her meant duty various,
Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.
Command was service: humblest service done
BY willing and Discerning souls was glory.
o sleep O sleep
Do not forget me. Sometimes come and sweep.
Now have nothing left thy healing hand
Over the lids that thy visits bland,
Thou kind, thou comforting one.
Mr.. George w Gable, at the invitation oflead
ing citizens of Northampton. has opened Bible
class at the opera house in that city on Sunday
afternoons The first session was ATTENDED by
over 300 people Of all denominations.
AZ a conference of the sect known as the Men
uonite Brethren in Christ, held at Reading, Pa,
recently, vote Was passed that preachers be
prohibited from riding railroads on Sundays.
One minister declared that he walked eighteen
miles every Sunday.
The Rev. Brooke Herford of Boston, recently
preached sermon on 'How to Make the Best
of Sunday 1t is said that some Of the male
members OF his congregation were greatly disap-
pointed because he failed to recommend going
a-fishing on that day.-Norrstown Herald
There is a movement on foot in the Protestant
Episcopal Church to make provision for the
widows and orphans of the clergy of their COM
munon by the regular taxing of the churches,
similar to the tax for the support of the bishop
| the tax to be invested as fund for. widows and
orphans.
| Methodist editor hits the "bull's eye" when
| he says: There are thousands OF people wso
| wander from church to church Sunday after Sum
| day, and who mistake their vagrancy for catho-
| licityp 1t may be added that church tramps"
make no mistake about economy, II they do
| about catholictv.
| One Of the strangest Of religious sects is that
| which calls itself the Now ard Latter House Of
] Israel. Its headquarters are at Chatham, Eng
| land in which town its devotees are building an
immense temple, which will cost $3.50, 900. They
believe that they are the remnant OF true Israel
ties who will reign with Christ for a thousand
years, and that they will not die.
Recently at a Swedenborean convention In
+, England 1t was stated that no denomination IL
making such rapid progress In the United States
| as the New Jerusalem Church. The Sweden
borgians held a convention in Brooklyn last
week. They reported 300 members in the city
! of New York; in Brooklyn. 142; in Newark, NJ
j.. 20; in Paterson, 80; in Orange, 81, and in
| Hoboken, N. j.. Q members.
/ The Church Building Funi Commission Of the
Episcopal Church has ADOPTED the following reso-
| luton:
be preserved as separate fund by the name of tha
donor, or as memorial otherwise. designated
disposition of the income of such fund geographically
or otherwise within the scope OF the powers Of this
| commission.
Benjamin Coates who died last week in Phil
adelphia was one Of the most distinguished Of
her Quaker citizens. He was prominent busi-
ness man, active in the anti-slavery movement,
worked hard for the building up Of the Republic
| of Liberia and took great interest In the well
fare and education of the freedmen. He was
friend of the Indian, giving largely TO the Indian
schools, and. in fact, was well known In many
| philanthropic works.
The Christian at Work vigorously says
"Only the judgment day will reveal the eyre.
| gous blunders, aud tergiversatious and down
| right lying resorted to to make the Bible By
turns sin to- drink a glass Of wine book and 4
boiled grape-juice book" In the temperance re-
form, as in theology, the Bible has been twisted
| and tortured to make it support preconceived
| theories. The Bible is temperance book,
though not a total abstinence book. The total
abstinence movement, in which We strongly be-.
lieve, must be supported more modern
grounds.-Boston Christian Register.
From the old city of Caesarea in Asia Minor.
comes very interesting letter from Mrs. Dodds
daughter of Mr. Peter Carter, OF New York,
describing childrens meeting. sIt was held"
she writes, lin the corner of the stable OF ono
of the poorest men our congregations; the door
was low down, the light dim. the air oppressive
with the heat Of animals; the floor was the
ground, the sides of mud. the roof OF earth, low
and supported by rough logs. AS enter, about
twenty boys and girls. OF from FIVE to twenty
years of age. rose to receive me; almost all Of
them were barefooted and some were naked oven
to the knees; yet they were more devout and re-
spectful than many well-cothed children hava
seen." Their service, conducted By boy, blinl
} from smallpox, consisted Of Bible reading, with
explanation hymns and prayers BY the children.